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Silver-stripe round herring
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Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Clupeiformes
Family:
Clupeidae
Genus:
Spratelloides
Species:
S. gracilis
Binomial name
Spratelloides gracilis
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

The silver-stripe round herring, slender sprat, or Kibinago minnow (Spratelloides gracilis) is a small, herring-like forage fish. They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. It is valued as food in Japan, where it is known as kibinago. These can be eaten raw, as sashimi, or cooked, as whitebait.

  • Kibinago sashimi by jetalone in Kagoshima

    Sashimi of kibinago (silver-stripe round herring)

  • Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks by jetalone in Kagoshima

    Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks

  • Grilled kibinago by jetalone in Yakushima

    Grilled kibinago

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